Washing-machine



NITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

I. F. BROWN, OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 15,684, dated September 9, 1856.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ISRAEL F. BROWN, of Columbus, in the county of Muscogee and State of Georgia, have invented a new and Improved Clothes-Vashing Machine; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, `making a part of this specification; in Which- Figure l, is a transverse Vertical section ot' my improvement. Fig. 2, is a longitndi-` nal vertical section of ditto.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the tvvo figures.

My invention consists in the employment or use of a rotating slatted cylinder provided with a diagonal or oblique corrugated board at each end, as Will be hereinafter fully shown and described.

To enable those Skilled in al@ mi to any diagonalor oblique corrugated board (a), is placed, the tvvo boards being parallel with each other as shown in Fig. 2.

The cylinder B, is provided with a door, or a portion of it may be bisected and `connected by hinges so that it can be raised to allow the clothes to be placed Within the cylinder.

The clothes C, are placed in a sack constructed of netting, a Weight or ball (o), being placed Within the clothes.

As the cylinder B, is rotated the clothes C, are thrown back and forth longitudinally with the cylinder as they rotate, and are consequently subjected to the necessary friction to cleanse them thoroughly from dirt and at the same time Without injury from undue friction or rubbing. The Whole of the clothes are subjected to the necessary friction, because they are continually changing their position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

The slatted cylinder B, constructed as shown and having a diagonal or oblique corrugated board (a), at each end, the cylinder being partially immersed Within the boX A; substantially as shown and described for the purpose specified.

ISRAEL F. BROWN.

Witnesses:

JOS. E. WEBSTER, JAMES MCGOUGH. 

